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Bella Akhmadulina

Bella Akhmadulina

Born: April 10, 1937
Died: November 29, 2010
in Moscow, USSR
Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian: Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, Tatar: Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator, known for her apolitical writing stance. She was part of the Russian New Wave literary movement. She was cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. She is known in Russia as "the voice of the epoch".

Despite the aforementioned apolitical stance of her writing, Akhmadulina was often critical of authorities in the Soviet Union, and spoke out in favour of others, including Nobel laureates Boris Pasternak, Andrei Sakharov, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. She was known to international audiences via her travels abroad during the Khrushchev Thaw, during which she made appearances in sold-out stadiums. Upon her death in 2010 at the age of 73, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev hailed her poetry as a "classic of Russian literature."

The New York Times said Akhmadulina was "always recognized as one of the Soviet Union's literary treasures and a classic poet in the long line extending from Lermontov and Pushkin." Sonia I. Ketchian, writing in The Poetic Craft of Bella Akhmadulina, called her "one of the great poets of the 20th century. There's Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandelstam, and Pasternak – and she's the fifth".

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The End of a Beautiful Epoch
Title: The End of a Beautiful Epoch
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 2015
Type: Movie
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Drama based on life and stories of one of the most popular Soviet/Russian writers - Sergei Dovlatov.
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The Key That Should Not Be Handed On
Title: The Key That Should Not Be Handed On
Released: May 10, 1977
Type: Movie
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AKirill Sergeyevich, a retired Army officer, becomes the new school Headmaster. Used to a strict and orderly routine, he at first finds the chaotic bustle of everyday school life hard... It is not easy to deal with both the children and the teachers, especially with the students' favorite Marina Maximovna who teaches Literature. Well then, wasn't Marina surprised to discover the "martinet" Nazarov to be a perceptive and tactful person and an experienced tutor.
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Нарисовать начало
Title: Нарисовать начало
Character: (voice)
Released: February 16, 1975
Type: Movie
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There Is Such a Lad
Title: There Is Such a Lad
Character: Reporter
Released: January 4, 1966
Type: Movie
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A story about Pashka, a really decent, honest guy, even though he lies a lot, who is looking for happiness and love.
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I Am Twenty
Title: I Am Twenty
Character: herself (uncredited)
Released: January 18, 1965
Type: Movie
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Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus. A lyrical story about a generation of young people entering adulthood, a reappraisal of values, life principles, traditions in culture and art.
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